All allegations of academic misconduct must be reported to the Academic College/School (Department Head and Dean) and/or the Academic Integrity Review Board (AIRB). This ensures a student’s due process rights, creates consistency in the process, and accountability for any additional misconduct by the student.

Reporting

  • For Level I & II Violations, follow departmental procedures for notifying the Department Chair and/or the Dean that an academic integrity incident is being investigated. The faculty member completes the Violation Report/Resolution Form to document the meeting outcome. A copy of the final Violation Report/Resolution Form should be uploaded to the AIRB for review HERE.

  • For Level III & IV Violations, the faculty member completes a Violation Report/Resolution Form and  uploads the document, along with appropriate evidence, to the AIRB HERE. A member of the AIRB will contact the faculty member to discuss the incident and initiate a meeting if necessary. The AIRB will send the student a formal Allegation/Violation Letter via email and schedule a hearing.

  • The student has the right to appeal the AIRB decision using the Academic Integrity Review Board (AIRB) Decision Appeal Form (see the University Administrative Guidelines on Academic Integrity for details).

    Examples of documents in evidence:

    • Course materials including handouts to the student explaining the assignment or examination for which they are charged with misconduct.
    • The student’s work. It is understandable that you might wish to provide copies, but if the quality of the paper, specific marks which do not reproduce well, or remains of attempts to alter a paper are essential to the case, originals may be necessary.
    • Original sources if the allegation involves plagiarism.
    • Annotated remarks including diagrams or marks to illustrate some point which may not be evident to the AIRB.
    • Correct answers to example questions.